Vila Viçosa Marble Tour

Travel back in time on this marble tour of Vila Viçosa. You'll visit a quarry and learn about one of the key industries in this area of Portugal.

Vila Viçosa Marble Tour

At your selected time, we will meet you on Avenida Duques de Bragança. You will then follow the guide's car to the marble quarries of Vila Viçosa, renowned in Portugal.

Upon arrival, we will explore the immense marble quarry together. During our tour, we will discuss the significance of this stone to the villages of Alentejo and you will observe the quarry's size.

After visiting the quarry, we will proceed to a local workshop to learn about the processing of marble in Vila Viçosa.

Subsequently, we will visit another workshop to see how marble is shaped into its final form, with a display of exclusive marble pieces.

We will conclude the tour with a return to Vila Viçosa.

Itinerary changes

On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, industrial workshops are closed, so the tour will focus solely on the Alentejo marble quarries. In this case, the tour will last two hours.